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New York City’s top retail leasing teams, duos, and soloists have submitted 14 outstanding transactions to compete in the Real Estate Board of New York’s (REBNY) 19th Annual Retail Deal of the Year Awardscompetition.

The winners of the awards, which recognize New York City’s most creative and significant retail deals, will be announced at the REBNY Retail Committee’s 19th Annual Retail Deal of the Year Cocktail Partyon Tuesday, June 13, 2017 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Club 101 (101 Park Avenue). Sponsors of the cocktail party include: Cushman & Wakefield, Eastern Consolidated, Jack Resnick & Sons, Lee & Associates, Ripco Real Estate, Rose Associates, and The New York Times.

REBNY will recognize winners for the top two deals completed in 2016: the Most Ingenious Retail Deal of the Year that demonstrates exceptional broker acumen (ingenuity and creativity), and the Most Significant Retail Deal of the Year that recognizes the most significant retail deal in its overall characteristics and importance to the New York City retail market.

“The submissions for these coveted awards highlight the REBNY brokerage community’s high caliber ingenuity in transacting across the shifting retail landscape,” said Andrew Mandell, Managing Partner of Ripco Real Estate and Chair of REBNY’s Retail Committee. “Spanning from experiential and entertainment to food and fashion, these deals are a testament to our industry’s strength in adapting to serve the evolving needs, tastes, and preferences of consumers.”

“In spite of difficult national retail market conditions, the impact and importance of our members’ retail transactions are making a difference throughout New York City,” said REBNY President John Banks. “We look forward to recognizing their exceptional accomplishments and professional skill at our awards ceremony.”

The 14 retail deals submitted for the 2016 competition are:

– “That’s Immersive Entertainment: Bringing National Geographic to the New Showbiz Mecca of 44th Street” – 226 West 44th Street, New York, NY

– “Target Moves at Lightening Speed to Anchor 500 East 14th Street: RKF as Agent for Extell Development Company and Ripco as Representative for Target Arrange a 27,000-Square-Foot Lease as East Village Retail Takes a Quantum Leap Forward”

– “Meeting the Unmet Demand on the West Side: Target’s Groundbreaking 29,000-Square-Foot Lease Arranged by RKF as the Agent for XIN Development and Ripco as the Representative for Target” – 615 Tenth Avenue, New York, NY